God Is Simple
“God is light.” (1 John 1:5)
God is simple. What do I mean by “simple”? God is not made of parts. If I had to guess, none of us have heard a sermon on the simplicity of God (and this pastor has not preached one). However, we all know of God’s simplicity, don’t we? Imagine that you are taking a lovely stroll through the Raymond Military Park and see a Rolex. You are going to assume that someone lost it because a Rolex is made of many parts in a particular fashion. However, no one sees a rock and says, “Someone must have left this!” The rock is made of one thing, unfashioned by human hands. In the same way, God is made of one thing. There is no one behind God, putting Him together. God is uncreated; therefore, God has no parts. God is simple.
How does this lead us to worship God? Have you ever said, “I’d love to help, but I hurt my back”? Or, if I was a betting man, I would say that the antique red Dodge driving around Raymond has broken down far less than our modern cars because it has less bells and whistles. The more parts something is made of, the more complicated it is, the more likely it is to break down. These are problems that God does not have because God is simple. God will not look at us and say, “Look, my power is broken. Can I use my wisdom instead?” No! All of God is at work all the time because that is who God is. God will not, God cannot fail His people because there is nothing in God to fail.
How does this shape our own life? Tell me, how many times have we watched The Andy Griffith Show and longed for the simpler days? For the days before all the complexities of modern society began to wreak havoc on our peace of mind? It illustrates a key truth – if we worship a simple God, we should aim to have simple lives. The more we have to care for, the more cares we will have. Am I right? When we have thousands of friends on social media to upkeep, we shouldn’t be surprised if envy and exhaustion complicate our life. When we spend all day watching the news of events which have no bearing on us, we shouldn’t be surprised if anxiety and alarm complicate our life. Like a garden hose set on spray, we lose all our strength for living when we are diverted in a thousand different directions.
Let us follow the old acronym K.I.S.S – Keep It Simple, Stupid. Allow no place for darkness, no place for distraction, no place for the unnecessary, no place for sin. If anything complicates our lives, if anything diverts our hearts away from God, then we can do without it. Our simple God can meet our multitude of needs. Let us focus all our time and energy in that one direction.
